Music-holder.



Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

A. M. BROWNE. "MUSIC HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27. \9I4. mmm@ Dn m W Ill Il;

. WITNESSES A TURNEYS llNlTED WFATE@ @FFIFE Y ALLAN M. BROWNE, OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPLPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO MCVEA YOUNG, OF PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed November 2'?, 19.1.4. Serial No. 874,198.

To all fr0/2,0m t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, ALLAN M. BnowNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pascagoula, in the county of Jackson and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in music holders.

@ne of the principalV objects of the invention is to provide a music holder adapted to be used as an envelop or port-folio for carrying sheets of music, and having means for supporting the sheets against accidental displacement, in view of the musician while he is reading them.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described in the form of a port-folio having a longitudinal aperture or slot normally covered by a strip of material to prevent accidental displacement of the sheets of music from the envelop through said slots, and having means adjacent the slot adapted to co-act with the back of the envelop or with the sheets of music contained therein, in maintaining a sheet against accidental displacement, and in view of the musician. f Still a .further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which will be extremelyT simple, durable, eflicient in operation and inexpensive .to manufacture.

lith these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of whichl Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a music holder constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the holder showing the same in position for holding a sheet of music in view of the musician. Fig. 5 represents a hori- Afontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I provide a port-folio or envelop consisting mainly of a front wall 5, a back wall 6 and end flaps or closures 7. rlhe envelop or port-folio may be made of any suitable material such as cardboard or prepared cloth. The front and rear walls may be formed integrally, and by bending a single piece of material upon itself or they may be made separately and suitably hinged along one edge. rlhe end iiaps or closures 7 may also be formed of some suitable flexible material, and they extend from the upper edges of walls 5 and 6 to a point midway the width of the walls, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The end flaps are creased along their central longitudinal lines as at 8 so that when the envelop is collapsed they will fold inwardly upon the music contained in the envelop. A suitable fastening device is provided and may consist of a flap 9 secured to one wall and carrying a socket 10 adapted to be engaged upon a ball 11 carried by the other wall, or some other suitable fastening means may be utivlined.

1Wall 5 is provided near the bottom of the envelop, that is near the line at which the walls are hinged together, with a longitudinal aperture or slot 12. A strip of wood or metal or other suitable material, indicated at 13, is secured on the inside of wall 5 along the lower edge of slot 12, that is along' the edge nearest the hinged connection between walls 5 and 6, the upper face of said strip preferably lying flush with the lower edge of the slot. A flap or sheet of paper or other suitable fieXible material, indicated at 14, is pasted or otherwise secured to-the inside of wall 5 and at its lower portion overhangs slot 12 and strip 18 as indicated in Fig. 2. The lower end of sheet 14.- is preferably free from and unattached to wall 5, but extends down to the line along which the walls are hinged together.

"When sheets of music indicated at 15 are placed in the envelop-in the'manner mdi-V cated'in Figs. 1 and 2, they will be prevented from slipping out of the same through the slot 12 by reason of the lower portion of sheet 14- overhanging said slot in the manner indicated. In this way as many sheets as the capacity of the envelop will allow may be carried from place to place. When the musician desires to set one or more ofthe sheets up for use, they may be ab-Y stracted from the envelop, and the latter be turned upside downk and placedupon a lyre 16 in the position shown in Fig. 4. The sheet being used, indicated at 18, Vis inserted at its upper end through the slot 12 and is passed beneath strip 13 between the same and the free endof sheet '141, in the manner indicated in Fig. 4. The clip 17 of the lyre may be utilized to press the lower portion of the sheet against the envelop as indicated'in Fig. 4l., In this manner the sheet is supported against accidental displacement such as might be caused by wind or breeze blowing against the sheet. In maintaining sheet 18 inY position, the strip 13V co-acts with the rear wall 6, or with the sheets of music still contained in the envelop, in pressing or binding the upper portion of sheet 18 between them, so that it may not readily becomeaccidentally withdrawn from its position. The sheet V18 is also partially maintained in position by the fact that in being passed between the strip 13 and free end of sheet 14, it follows along the latter into the apex of the envelop, or the line upon which the walls are hinged, thus Vbecoming.

tightened between the sheet and adjacent wall 5 of the envelop.

The front and rear walls may if desired be stifliened or reinforced in the manner indicated in Fig. 5 by means of strips 19 of suitable flexible or stiifened material as may be desired. These strips may be secured in any suitable manner to the walls, such for instance as being inclosed by tape or adhesivematerial indicated at 2O.V The strip 13 as indicated, is substantially triangular shaped in cross section, so that an edge 21 may be presented for binding the music sheet in position when inserted beneath said strip.

Although I have described the preferred lembodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts v thereof as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim l 1. A music holder comprising a front and rear wall hingedly connected together and adapted to be maintained in closed position at will, flexible closure aps connected to said front and rear walls at the ends thereof, one of said walls being provided near the hinged point of the walls with a longitudinaly slot, a strip of suitable material secured on the inside of said one wall along the edge of the slot adjacent the hinged point, a sheet of flexible material secured to said one wall and having a loose portion overhanging said slot and strip, said strip being substantially triangular in shape whereby to provide a binding edge adapted to maintain a sheet of music against accidental displacement when inserted between said strip and the opposite wall of the holder.

2. music holder comprising a front and rear wall hingedly connected together and adapted to be maintained in closed position at will, one of said walls being provided adjacent the hinged point with a longitudinally disposed slot, a binding strip secured on the inside of said one wall along the edge of said slot adjacent the hinged point, and a sheet of flexible material secured to said one wall and overhanging said slots and binding strip substantially as described.

8. A music holder comprising a pair of walls hingedly connected together and adapted to be maintained in closed position at will, one of said walls being provided with an opening adjacent the hinged point, means over-hanging said opening on the inside of said one wall to prevent loss of music sheets through the opening, and binding means secured adjacent the opening on the inside of said one wall and adapted to coact with the opposite wall in binding` a sheet of material in position between them, when inserted through the opening between the overhanging means and binding means.

4. A device of the class described including an envelop adapted to contain sheets of music and adapted to be maintained in closed position at will, one wall of the envelop being provided with an opening, means for preventing displacement of sheets of music from the envelop through the opening, and binder means adapted to co-act with another wall of the envelop in binding a sheet of music in position between them when inserted through said opening and between the binder means and first said C. F. BnowNn, MoVnA YOUNG.

C opies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

` Washington, D. C, 

